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Photonics Spectra - December 2019


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2019 Webinars: A Deep Dive into Optics, Photonics, and Imaging From deep learning to high-end optical design, the 2019 webinar program provided photonics fanatics with 35 opportunities to learn about new developments in optics and photonics, and to refresh their...
Photonics West 2020 Photonics West is set to take place Feb. 1-6 and boasts at least one Nobel laureate, more than 5000 presentations, 1350 companies, 10 new courses, and plenty of special events. The exhibition,...
Digital Cinema Faces a Bright Future Over the past 40 years, audiences have grown accustomed to seeing lasers used on screen in blockbuster action and science fiction films. More recently, lasers have carved out an essential role behind...
Solutions for Laser-Based Cinema Projection When companies present laser-based cinema projector solutions on their websites or in their literature, they tend to promote complete projector systems. This leaves website visitors with the mistaken...
Workholding Adhesives for Optical and Ceramic Components The way optical workpieces are held during processing has changed little over the decades. During grinding and polishing, vacuum fixturing and adhesives such as wax, pitch, and epoxy resins have...
Image Sensors Power Embedded Vision New imaging applications are booming: from collaborative robots in Industry 4.0 to drones that fight fires and monitor crops, from biometric face recognition to point-of-care hand-held medical...
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Better Biomedicine via 3D Imaging Advancements in biomedical 3D imaging promise to improve research findings and clinical outcomes, thereby producing widespread benefits. In research, a combination of techniques will enable...
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Innovative Design of Optical Systems Boosts Industrial Metrology Image sensor evolution has been extremely expansive since the first digital camera was created in 1975. In more recent years, increasing use of image sensors has rapidly driven camera chip evolution...
Editorial
Material girl On River Street in Troy, N.Y. — the city where I was born and raised — there is a brownstone building that I’m particularly fond of. It overlooks the Hudson River and has a pair of commemorations on its front doorframe. On the right, an engraving recognizes the spot where the great fire of 1820 was halted. On the left, a worn bronze plaque reads: “Twas the night before Christmas when all thro’...
Tech Pulse
Sycamore vs. Summit: Google Claims Quantum Supremacy A research team that includes scientists from Google AI Quantum; NASA Ames Research Center; University of California, Santa Barbara; Oak Ridge National Laboratory; and other institutions in the U.S....
Compact IR Spectrometer Fits on a Chip In an advance for smartphone spectroscopy, researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a chip about 2 cm2 in size that can be used with a smartphone to analyze infrared (IR) light in the same way a...
Researchers Determine Quantum Light Source in 2D Material Scientists at the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien) have uncovered the source of a special type of quantum light created at certain points in the 2D material tungsten diselenide (WSe2) when...
3D Printer Dissipates Heat With UV Light, Stereolithography Northwestern University researchers have developed a stereolithographic 3D printer that can print an object the size of an adult human in just a couple of hours. Called HARP for high-area rapid...
New Oscillation Assistance Technique Enables Ultrafast Microlens Array Printing Researchers from the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) and Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) in China have proposed a fabrication technique that integrates...
‘Quantum Paradox’ Experiment Could Enable More Accurate Sensors and Clocks An international research team will test Einstein’s twin paradox using quantum particles in a superposition state — an experiment that could lead to more accurate sensors and clocks. The twin paradox...
New Lens Could Provide Thermal Imaging Capabilities in More Compact Camera University of Utah researchers have developed a new kind of flat optical lens that is much thinner and lighter than conventional camera lenses. While conventional lenses for smartphone cameras are a...
Inverse, Mie Scattering Techniques Advance 3D Metamaterial Design Using an inverse design approach, a team led by researchers at the University of Washington designed and tested a 3D-printed metamaterial that can manipulate light with nanoscale precision. Though...
Integrated Silicon Carbide Optical Switch Can Be Thermally Tuned Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) have integrated a microheater and a microring resonator onto a silicon carbide (SiC) chip, creating a photonic integrated chip that can...
Hybrid LED Could Power Li-Fi, Electrically Driven Lasers A City College of New York (CUNY) research team has demonstrated an LED based on half-light, half-matter quasiparticles in atomically thin materials. The device was fabricated using stacks of...
Spectroscopy Technique Widens Spectra for Measuring Molecular Structure Researchers at the University of Tokyo have combined two current spectroscopy techniques — infrared (IR) absorption and Raman scattering spectrometry — to create complementary vibrational...
On-Chip Tunable Photonic Delay Line Could Help Miniaturize OCT Devices Scientists at Columbia University have developed an on-chip, tunable photonic delay line to miniaturize imaging technology. Using their on-chip technology to map the back of the eye, the researchers...
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Raytheon Delivers High-Energy Laser to US Air Force Raytheon Co., a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, civil government, and cybersecurity solutions, delivered the first high-energy laser counter-unmanned aerial system (UAS) to the U.S. Air Force earlier this month. The Air Force will deploy the system overseas as part of a year-long experiment, to test the system's efficacy in real-world conditions and to train operators....
UAVenture Capital Fund Invests in High-Power Laser Technologies UAVenture Capital Fund II LLC (UAVC), the University of Arizona's (UA's) in-house venture capital fund, announced it has invested in three new laser companies out of the university: DeUVe Photonics...
2019 Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded The 2019 Nobel Prize in physics recognizes three individuals for their contributions to understanding Earth’s place within the known universe. Half the prize goes to astrophysicist James...
Vertex Optics Celebrates Grand Opening of 8500-sq-ft Facility Vertex Optics is celebrating the grand opening of its 8500-sq-ft manufacturing facility in Victor, N.Y. The facility is equipped with ultrasonic CNC, a five-axis optical machine capable of producing...
Danforth Center Expands to Include New Lab, Technologies The Donald Danforth Plant and Science Center is accelerating its research and discovery with the expanded capacity of its integrated microscopy facility. Renamed the Advanced Bioimaging Laboratory...
AngioDynamics Acquires Eximo Medical AngioDynamics has acquired Eximo Medical and its proprietary 355-nm wavelength laser technology platform. The transaction came in a $46 million upfront consideration with up to $20 million of...
Elbit Systems Awarded $23M Night Vision Order Elbit Systems’s U.S. subsidiary, Elbit Systems of America, was awarded an order valued at approximately $23 million for the supply of night vision systems and various spare components to the U.S....
HUBER+SUHNER to Acquire BKtel Group HUBER+SUHNER have signed a purchase agreement to acquire German fiber optic specialist BKtel for approximately $50 million. The deal is subject to the approval of the German Bundeskartellamt (Federal...
Monroe Community College Awarded $4.4M by Naval Research Office Monroe Community College (MCC) has been awarded a $4.4 million grant by the Office of Naval Research for its Defense Engineering Education Program in Optics (DEEP OPS). The program will increase the...
Canon Medical Acquires Toshiba’s Imaging Systems Division Canon Medical Systems USA has acquired Toshiba's Imaging Systems Division, which will be integrated into the company as the Video Sensing Division, effective Oct. 1. Globally, the professional video...
PINOVA Capital Acquires Sill Optics Munich-based private equity firm PINOVA Capital has acquired all shares in Sill Optics along with Christoph Sieber, managing director. Sieber holds a minority stake in the company with all other...
Lighter Side
Sharks reign aglow The notoriety of “Shark Week” may be getting a flashy new upgrade, thanks to the phenomenon of glowing sharks. Certain shark species have been found to biofluoresce, illuminating the deep blue water in their vicinity with a light, bright green that is visible only to other sharks. The source of this light was previously unknown, but we now know that the hue is made possible by a...
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